Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one describes an issue where System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Software Center does not launch on a Windows XP client if Terminal Services is disabled.
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Symptoms
When starting Software Center on a Windows XP client, you receive the error "There is a problem showing the current status". Clicking more information you receive error code 0x80041001.
In ccmsdkprovider.log, the error is :
- <![LOG[Failed to get domain name from WTS session 0, 0x800706a6]LOG]!><time="15:50:26.121-720" date="04-23-2012" component="CCMSDKProvider" context="" type="3" thread="264" file="ccmsdkprovider.cpp:3785">
- <![LOG[GetUserCapability failed with error code 0x800706a6]LOG]!><time="15:50:26.121-720" date="04-23-2012" component="CCMSDKProvider" context="" type="3" thread="264" file="ccmsdkprovider.cpp:3266">
Error 800706a6 means that the RPC binding handle is invalid.
GetUserCapability calls Windows Terminal Server (WTS) functions to query session information for the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server. It can be used to query session information on local and remote desktop session host servers.
If Terminal Services is not running, calls to WTS functions fail.
Cause
WTS functions on Windows XP require that Terminal Services is running. This becomes an issue when the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Software Center is launched on a Windows XP client when Terminal Server service is not running. If the Terminal Server service is not started, the Windows API call fails.
This is not an issue with operating systems later than Windows XP Service Pack 3 as the Windows API has been changed in these newer versions.
Resolution
Terminal Services must be enabled and the service started. Once that is done the Software Center will function on the Windows XP client as expected.
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J.C. Hornbeck | System Center & Security Knowledge Engineer
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